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[JERRYDORIEN]

Hi pessoal,

Como digo "Eu prefiro não opinar" em inglês???

Abraços.

[Flavia.lm]

Aparentemente não existe um verbo correspondente a "opinar".

De acordo com o Oxford para estudantes brasileiros de inglês: "I prefer not to give/express my opinion."

[Henry Cunha]

Hi Jerry,

Well, there is the verb "to opine." It´s rarely used in everyday speech, but suitable enough if you happen to be writing at an academic level.

See http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/op/opine.html

Should you wish to use it, though, you can try

"I prefer not to opine."
Or "I would rather not opine on the matter."

[João Souza]

I prefer not to comment.

[JERRYDORIEN]

Hi pessoal,

Valeu mesmo, eu achei no oxford escolar "to give my opinion", mas eu não estava conseguindo encaixar o not.

Eu acho que agora já sei montar: I'd rather not to give my opinion (Eu prefiro não dar minha opinião).

thanks a lot, abraços for all of you.

[donay mendonça]

Olá Jerry,

Apenas um detalhe:

I´d rather not give my opinion.

Sem o "to".

Boa sorte!

[pondedaniel]

Hi there!

you can also say:

I'd rather not make any remarks about it.

Take care,

Teacher Pondé

[Henry Cunha]

From the New York Times:

"This weekend, Franz Beckenbauer, the German who won the World Cup as both player and coach, opined that Brazil’s current attack of Robinho, Luis Fabiano and Kaká was not potent enough to recapture the World Cup."

See http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/sport ... OCCER.html

[cassiobalves]

to express an opinion

Example:

Prefiro não opinar. (I prefer not to express an opinion.)

Reference: Longman Dicionário Escolar © Copyright Pearson Education Ltd 2004.

[maryziller]

You can also say:

I'd rather not tell you my opinion
I`d rather not say what I think